<s>
is	O
a	O
futuristic	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
in	O
2004	O
to	O
the	O
iQue	B-Application
Player	I-Application
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
re-releases	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
2007	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
around	O
nine	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
+	I-Application
Expansion	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
F-Zero	B-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
F-Zero	B-Application
installment	O
with	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
attack	O
other	O
racers	O
,	O
a	O
Death	O
Race	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
random	O
track	O
generator	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
X	O
Cup	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
generally	O
praised	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
for	O
its	O
fast	O
gameplay	O
,	O
abundance	O
of	O
courses	O
and	O
vehicles	O
,	O
track	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
maintaining	O
a	O
high	O
framerate	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
widely	O
criticized	O
for	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
graphical	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
is	O
a	O
fast-paced	O
futuristic	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
where	O
30	O
competitors	O
race	O
on	O
high-altitude	O
circuits	O
inside	O
plasma-powered	O
hovercars	O
in	O
an	O
intergalactic	O
Grand	O
Prix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
tournament	O
was	O
discontinued	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
extreme	O
danger	O
of	O
the	O
sport	O
,	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
begins	O
after	O
the	O
Grand	O
Prix	O
is	O
brought	O
back	O
with	O
the	O
rules	O
and	O
regulations	O
revised	O
under	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
as	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
introduces	O
26	O
new	O
vehicles	O
,	O
and	O
reprises	O
the	O
4	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
F-Zero	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
has	O
5	O
different	O
gameplay	O
modes	O
:	O
GP	O
(	O
Grand	O
Prix	O
)	O
Race	O
,	O
Practice	O
,	O
Time	O
Attack	O
,	O
Death	O
Race	O
,	O
and	O
VS	O
Battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vs.	O
Battle	O
is	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
where	O
2	O
to	O
4	O
players	O
compete	O
in	O
a	O
3-lap	O
race	O
,	O
and	O
slots	O
not	O
in	O
use	O
by	O
players	O
can	O
be	O
operated	O
by	O
the	B-Application
artificial	I-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-1996	O
,	O
during	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
64	I-Application
development	O
,	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
said	O
he	O
planned	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
F-Zero	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
titled	O
"	O
F-Zero	B-Application
64	O
"	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
revealed	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
mid-1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
key	O
Wave	B-Application
Race	I-Application
64	I-Application
programmers	O
including	O
the	O
lead	O
programmer	O
made	O
up	O
the	O
in-house	B-Architecture
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
EAD	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
F-Zero	B-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
F-Zero	B-Application
installment	O
with	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
frame	O
rate	O
goal	O
required	O
developers	O
to	O
minimize	O
background	O
detail	O
,	O
texture	O
detail	O
,	O
and	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
count	I-General_Concept
on	O
vehicles	O
which	O
reduce	O
as	O
they	O
pass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
Original	O
Soundtrack	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
with	O
29	O
musical	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
Guitar	O
Arrange	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
27	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
with	O
ten	O
guitar	O
arrangements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
China	O
for	O
the	O
iQue	B-Application
Player	I-Application
on	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
and	O
around	O
2016	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
Europe	O
's	O
100th	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
March	O
2022	O
re-release	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
Expansion	O
Pack	O
members	O
has	O
a	O
2	O
to	O
4-person	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
64DD	B-Device
is	O
a	O
peripheral	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
The	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
Expansion	O
Kit	O
is	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
's	O
first	O
expansion	O
disk	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
singled	O
out	O
the	O
course	O
editor	O
as	O
the	O
Expansion	O
Kits	O
strongest	O
feature	O
because	O
the	O
designers	O
used	O
a	O
similar	O
tool	O
in-house	B-Architecture
for	O
the	O
original	O
circuits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Expansion	O
Kit	O
disk	O
requires	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
was	O
programmed	O
with	O
"	O
64DD	B-Device
hooks	O
"	O
to	O
detect	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
and	O
expansion	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provisions	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
many	O
disk-based	O
expansion	O
packs	O
such	O
as	O
track	O
editors	O
or	O
course	O
updates	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
more	O
were	O
made	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
one	O
was	O
not	O
utilized	O
outside	O
Japan	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
's	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
reception	O
of	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
was	O
overall	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peer	O
Schneider	O
of	O
IGN	O
described	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
"	O
god-like	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
hair-splitting	O
"	O
speed	O
;	O
and	O
he	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
rival	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Wave	B-Application
Race	I-Application
64	I-Application
with	O
its	O
"	O
perfectly	O
fine-tuned	O
controls	O
and	O
a	O
fresh	O
approach	O
to	O
racing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
criticized	O
the	O
low	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
count	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
vehicles	O
"	O
particularly	O
uninspiring	O
"	O
and	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
track	O
detail	O
is	O
also	O
very	O
limited	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
track	O
a	O
spartan	O
feel	O
to	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
became	O
the	O
first	O
racing	O
game	O
to	O
run	O
at	O
60	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
30	O
vehicles	O
on	O
screen	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
counts	I-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
vehicles	O
,	O
textures	O
and	O
track	O
detail	O
are	O
sacrificed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGM	O
considered	O
the	O
music	O
"	O
really	O
good	O
with	O
some	O
excellent	O
remixes	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
F-Zero	B-Application
tunes	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
CVG	O
called	O
the	O
music	O
dreadful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
retrospective	O
review	O
gave	O
it	O
6.5/10	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
black	O
sheep	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
"	O
when	O
compared	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
F-Zero	B-Application
games	O
in	O
"	O
visual	O
style	O
and	O
technical	O
flair	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
sold	O
383,642	O
units	O
of	O
F-Zero	B-Device
X	I-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
97,684	O
units	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
56,457	O
copies	O
were	O
sold	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
about	O
one	O
fifth	O
of	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
week	O
reportedly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
having	O
had	O
a	O
small	O
dedicated	O
fanbase	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
